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JAMES '1. WILSON, OF BROOKLYN, .NEW "YORK. Letters Patent No. 72,143, dated DecemberIO, 1867. r

IMPROVED MEDICAL c'onro-u'nn.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known thnt'I, JAMES T; WILSON, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a. new and improved Compound for the Purpose of Gnring and Preventing Fever and Ague and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof.

The nature of my invention consists in compounding and combining certain ingredients'in certain definite proportions, so that when administered to a person s uflering under the disease known as fever and ague, according to the directions hereinafterdescribed, a complete and perfect cure will be efl'eeted.

To'ennble others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the ingredients used, and the combination made therefrom. I

I take three gills best Hollend gin,,nnd reduce it to one-halfits bulk by evaporation; then add seven ounces tincture capsicum, one drachm tincture peppermint, one-half drachm tincture opium, and thoroughly mix them together, when the compound is ready for use. I

The dose to be given to a. person effected with or threatened with the ague is, one tablespoonful three times a day, one hour after eating. 1 I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the above-named ingredientsin the manner as and for the purpose described. t

JAMES T. WILSON.

Witnesses:

W CLARK, J. H. Hnnnon. 

